Drabble by Kevin Fagan for November 04, 2015

Horseshoes and hand grenades.

Is that the kind where you pick your own numbers? If so it wouldn’t help as Ralph probably would have picked different numbers. If not, he might have bought the ticket before or after the winner.

It was probably Steinbauer that bought it

Well, look at it this way: even if you had bought a ticket there, chances would still be about 200,000,000 to one against you of picking all the winning numbers on one ticket! You also don’t have to worry about everyone holding a hand out at you for a free handout (in return for whatever small favor they may have done for you!); or falling into the trap of keeping up with the Kardashians! And, let’s not forget: the taxes that you’d now have to pay on your winnings! Now, let us just suppose, for the moment, that you had won it all: owning a private jet or helicopter (or both!) certainly sounds impressive! Not to mention: a 200-foot yacht, a castle in Europe, a Beverly Hills McMansion, and a brand-new chauffeured Rolls-Royce. Next, go and add up the price tags of these things (in addition to your basic everyday expenses): you can go broke real quick! Indeed, a great many Lotto winners end up wishing that they had just torn up that ticket to shreds; but it’s too late, now! Yes, just imagine going from the Average Ralph, to Sir Ralph the Magnificent, to Ralph the Town Idiot! It HAS been known to happen! Many a time, in fact!